Link: GOP pressing immigrant issue. I didn’t realize that Republican strategists were actually pushing Congressional recommit votes on immigration-related language to paint Democrats as pro-immigrant. I have to say, I’m utterly delighted that they are hanging that anchor around their own necks. I think most Americans, and especially independents, recoil at policies and political stands … Read more
Seems like every medium eventually falls prey to the siren song of profit. And profitability invariably means one thing: advertising. Wherever there are eyeballs, there is someone willing to pay for access to them. Blogs are turning out to be no different. The Google Adsense advertising I have on this site (yes, go click on … Read more
Link: ThinkRight Arizona: Sandy Froman to Co-Chair Bee Exploratory Committee. So, Tim Bee has selected Sandy Froman, UA law professor and former President of the NRA, to co-chair his stealth campaign committee. She joins Jim Click in that role. This means that all the traditional Republican interest groups are now represented in Bee’s campaign leadership: … Read more
Why am I getting a mailer that I completely agree with from the Goldwater Institute? It’s not that I never agree with conservatives (it happens on those rare occasions when they actually talk like conservatives), it’s that I wish liberals were better at choosing to advocate issues that could have significant appeal to independent voters. … Read more
Lori Oien has just taken her campaign from hopelessly out-matched to pitifully incompetent. Her attack on Rodney Glassman as a ‘enviro hypocrite‘ according to the Star’s Sunday edition, will not only fail to convert a single voter concerned with the environment, but it has very likely gifted about 5 points worth of Oien’s own base … Read more